A Scene-by-Scene Description of Events of the Play From Shakespeare & Company (Lenox‚ MA) Macbeth 2007 Student Guidebook education@shakespeare.org www.shakespeare.org When the battle’s lost and won (Act I‚ scene i) The play opens with thunder and lightning‚ and the entrance of three ‘weird’ sisters.’ Their exchange is very short‚ but from it we find out there’s a battle going on and that they plan to meet again on the heath; this time‚ with Macbeth. They are summoned away but before they go‚ they
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In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare uses many literary devices‚ such as characterization‚ to make his play effective. Indirect and direct characterization is used with Mercutio in act 2‚ scene 4 to help the audience perceive his vulgar character. While Mercutio was frolicking‚ the nurse asks Romeo‚ "I pray you‚ sir‚ what saucy merchant was this that was so full of his ropery?" This is a direct characterization of Mercutio‚ who is being addressed as a foul mouthed punk
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2 Original Text | Modern Translation | Scene I | | [Inverness. Court of Macbeth’s castle.] | | Enter Banquo‚ and Fleance‚ with a Torch* before him. | | BANQUO:How goes the night‚ boy? | BANQUO:How’s your night going‚ boy? | FLEANCE:The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. | FLEANCE:The moon’s down. I haven’t heard the clock chime. | BANQUO:And she goes down at twelve. | BANQUO:The moon goes down at twelve. | FLEANCE:I take’t ’tis later‚ sir. | FLEANCE:I think it’s later
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Act 3‚ Scene 5 of “Romeo and Juliet” begins with Romeo‚ who has just spent the night with Juliet‚ waking up and realizing day has come. Juliet tries to convince Romeo to stay but they both know what will happen if he does‚ so he quickly leaves (Rom.3.5.1-35). Lady Capulet comes into Juliet’s room and tells Juliet of how Lord Capulet has arranged for her to marry Paris (Rom.3.5.107-110). Juliet says she will not marry Paris which leads to a major conflict with Lord Capulet and eventually him saying
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Act I Scene i 1. The Capulet servants Sampson and Gregory start a fight with Balthazar and Abraham. Benvolio tried to break up the feud until Tybalt attacks him. 2. Prince Escalus breaks up the feud by threatening everyone with death. 3. Benvolio realizes that Romeo’s problem is that he is love and tries to find out who it is. Romeo is too stubborn and will not tell who he is in love with. Act I Scene ii 1. Paris asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage. 2. Romeo finds out that
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The first scene of the second act is the shortest in length‚ but one of the largest in significance. In the beginning of the scene‚ the town is preparing for Reverend Brown’s sermon with eager anticipation. The religious fervour that Brady has been carefully nurturing and cultivating in the people of Hillsboro was to make a dramatic plateau at this sermon. Act 2 – Scene I is also the first time that the slow unceasing progress of the religious fervour was‚ if only momentarily‚ stopped. After Rev
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Reverend Parris’s House: This scene is done on the right side of the stage and is closed in by the walls to develop a cramped feeling to better convey that it is taking place in a tiny upstairs bedroom. The oversized bed and the dainty side table allows for intrigue detail to be taken but still reflecting the main point of the scene‚ the chest is small so that there is plenty of room available downstage for the action of the scene to take place. The lighting of the scene will also reflect this by being
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Father by killing his uncle. Throughout the play we see Hamlet in ideal situations to carry out his revenge‚ but choosing not to do so. In Act III Scene II we see Hamlet using the play that has been set up to try to test the innocence of his Uncle and king by gauging his reaction to a staging of the events of how he supposedly murdered Hamlets father. In this scene we see the so called ‘Mousetrap’ being played out as Hamlet witnesses Claudius reaction to the play and witnesses his reaction‚ from this
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“O Romeo‚ Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?” (Juliet‚ Act 2‚ Scene 2). One of the best known lines in “Romeo and Juliet”‚ a play written by the famous William Shakespeare. One of the most distinct themes in the play‚ is about the different types of love. There is the puppy love that Romeo has for Rosaline in the beginning of the movie‚ the friendly love between Juliet and the nurse‚ and the romantic love seen between Romeo and Juliet. The play simply would not be the same if any of these relationships
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Romeo and Juliet Act 5 Shakespeare is the author of Romeo and Juliet. He wrote it in between the years of 1594 and 1596. Romeo and Juliet were known as the star crossed lovers. Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet. Both families were in a long time feud until one day the Capulet’s were hosting a feast that you had to be invited to. Because the Capulet’s and Montague’s were feuding‚ the boys had to avoid being seen so they wore masks. At the time Romeo was seeing someone‚ named Rosaline
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